Page 5 - Power

No power shortage, outages result of states' constraints: Power minister

R K Singh launches India's first Green Day Ahead Market

Aluminium firms draw costly power from grid, hurting utilities low on coal

A crippling shortage across the country has pushed state-run Coal India to impose temporary supply curbs to non-power consumers

Uttar Pradesh buying power at Rs 22 per unit, says Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh has been facing power crisis due to coal shortage

Govt warns states against selling power at high price on exchanges

Asia's third-largest economy is facing large-scale outages as several power plants have low coal inventories amid a sharp spike in global energy prices.

Total power outage in Lebanon as grid shuts down after running out of fuel

Lebanon's electricity grid has shut down entirely after the country's two main power stations ran out of fuel

China power woes structurally positive for India chemical players: Analysts

China's power crisis: Analysts say the development could impact chemical output by as much as 25 per cent in the country, which in turn could benefit Indian speciality chemical makers

Regulatory compliance mechanism for power utilities on the anvil

The Centre believes the move would help state commissions adopt best practices; it would also speed up implementation of reforms and regulatory policies

Torrent Power Q1 net down 44% to Rs 208 cr, revenue up marginally

The company recently signed a Securities Purchase Agreement with a JV of Lightsource BP and UKCI to acquire a 50 Mw solar power project at Maharashtra for an enterprise value of Rs 317 cr

Adani Power post PAT of Rs 278 cr in Q1FY22 versus Rs 682 loss a year ago

Receives LoI for acquiring Essar Power MP from Resolution Professional

India's peak power demand hits new record of 200570 MW in July

The country witnessed the highest ever demand for power at 12:01 hours on July 7, 2021.

Power consumption grows nearly 19 pc in 1st fortnight of May

Power consumption in the country grew by around 19 per cent in the first fortnight of May showing recovery in industrial and commercial demand of electricity, according to the power ministry data.

Mumbai power outage may have been 'cyber sabotage': Anil Deshmukh

The massive power outage in Mumbai on October 12 last year may have been the result of a cyber sabotage

Tata Power takes over power distribution in western, southern Odisha

Tata Power has taken over the management and operations of Western Electricity Supply Company of Odisha (WESCO) and SOUTHCO Utility upon completion of sale process

All Gujarat villages to get daytime agri power supply by 2022-end

Farmers of all 18,000-odd villages in Gujarat to get power supply during the day time for agriculture purposes by the end of the year 2022

Power demand touches all-time high of 182.89 GW, says secy S N Sahai

All-India power demand on Wednesday morning touched a record high of 182.89 gigawatts (GW), said Power Secretary S N Sahai. "Today, the all-India demand for power touched 1,82,888 MW (megawatts), which is an all-time high (observed at 0948 hrs on December 30, 2020) crossing previous high of 1,82,610 at 1458 hours on May 30, 2019. The entire demand was met," Sahai said in a tweet. According to data from the power ministry, the peak power demand met (the highest supply in a day) during December last year stood at 170.49 gigawatts (GW). This is quite unprecedented, especially when the coronavirus pandemic has impacted all sectors in the country. The government imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 25 to contain the spread of COVID-19. Power demand started declining from April due to fewer economic activities in the country. The pandemic affected power demand for five months in a row from April to August this year. Peak power demand met recorded negative growth from April to August

MERC begins hearing on Mumbai power outage, may pass directions soon

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) on Wednesday began hearing into last week's power outage in the financial capital which lasted for up to 14 hours in some parts

Power regulator wants govt not to infringe regulatory jurisdiction

Power regulator CERC has advised Union Ministry of Power against jurisdictional overreach in framing regulations for the power sector that infringes the substantive functions of the Central Commission

Large parts of Mumbai face major power outage; local trains held up

Large parts of the financial capital reported major power outage on Monday morning due to a technical failure

Govt plans to leverage power for cooking needs of poor: R K Singh

The minister said that power will provide poor strata of the society a cheaper option for their day to day requirement

SAD warns Punjab govt against withdrawal of free power to farmers

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday warned Punjab CM Amarinder Singh against the withdrawal of free power to farmers, saying the move will face still resistance from his party. If you take a single step towards discontinuing free power to farmers, you must prepare yourself and your government to face an unprecedented mass movement by the SAD to safeguard interests of the already beleaguered peasantry. We will never allow free power to stop, Badal said. Sukhbir's comments came after a group of experts formed by the Punjab government to suggest ways to revive the state economy in the post-coronavirus period recommended some tough measures. The expert group has recommended to defer the payment of salaries to employees and described free power to farmers as highly regressive. The group of experts, led by former deputy chairman of the erstwhile Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, in its first report said free power has limited the "government's ability to